Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Thun (1st, 74 pts) and Grasshopper (5th, 33 pts). Thun had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.64 goals per team per game, Thun ran at 2.27 scored and 1.12 conceded, Grasshopper at 1.26 and 1.95.
Thun had not lost in 13 games, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Thun, 4/15 for Grasshopper.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for Thun, 3 for Grasshopper and 2 drawn, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stockhorn Arena (capacity 10,398). The referee was D. Grundbacher, with 49 matches in our database and 2.0 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Thun led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 5-1.
Goal scorers
Thun: Mattias Käit (33'), Elmin Rastoder (61'), Genís Montolio (37'), Brighton Labeau (50'), Furkan Dursun (80') · Grasshopper: Young-joon Lee (17')
Key stats
Possession: Thun 48% · Grasshopper 52% · Total shots: 19-19 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 8-5